BILL NUMBER: ACR 95	CHAPTERED  03/06/00

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER   31
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   MARCH 6, 2000
	ADOPTED IN SENATE   MARCH 2, 2000
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY   JANUARY 20, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   JANUARY 20, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Leonard
   (Coauthors:  Assembly Members Aanestad, Ackerman, Alquist,
Ashburn, Baldwin, Bates, Battin, Baugh, Bock, Briggs, Calderon,
Campbell, Cardenas, Cardoza, Cedillo, Corbett, Correa, Cox, Cunneen,
Davis, Dickerson, Ducheny, Dutra, Firebaugh, Frusetta, Gallegos,
Granlund, Havice, Hertzberg, Honda, House, Jackson, Kaloogian,
Keeley, Knox, Kuehl, Leach, Lempert, Longville, Lowenthal, Machado,
Maddox, Maldonado, Margett, Mazzoni, McClintock, Migden, Nakano,
Olberg, Oller, Robert Pacheco, Papan, Pescetti, Reyes, Romero,
Runner, Scott, Soto, Steinberg, Strickland, Strom-Martin, Thompson,
Thomson, Torlakson, Villaraigosa, Vincent, Washington, Wayne, Wesson,
Wiggins, Wildman, Wright, and Zettel)

                        JANUARY 3, 2000

   Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 95--Relative to the federal
decennial census.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 95, Leonard.  Federal decennial census.
   This measure would request all state residents to make themselves
available to be counted during the 2000 federal decennial census.




   WHEREAS, A complete and accurate count of all residents of the
United States by the 2000 federal decennial census is vital to the
interests of California; and
   WHEREAS, It has been estimated that 843,936 Californians went
uncounted in the 1990 federal decennial census; and
   WHEREAS, Through the continued inability of the federal government
to count California residents, it has been projected that over one
million Californians could go uncounted in the 2000 federal decennial
census; and
   WHEREAS, The federal decennial census is used to determine the
amount of federal funds states and other jurisdictions receive for a
wide variety of important programs; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature of the State of California
respectfully request all California residents to make themselves
available to be counted during the 2000 federal decennial census in
order for California and local jurisdictions to report population
numbers that accurately and fully reflect the true census of
Californians; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the Governor so that he will engage all state
agencies and departments to assist the United States Census Bureau to
make sure that every Californian is counted.
